A Norfolk Nebraska man has been charged with murder in connection to the death last November of Phyllis Hunhoff of Yankton.
Hunhoff was last seen leaving her mother’s farm near Utica on November 4th. Her body was found in her vehicle on the Santee Sioux Reservation on November 7th. James has been held on a charge of arson since November.

This is the indictment from the US Attorneys Office:
Joseph Lloyd James, age 47, is charged in a four-count Indictment. Court I charges James with murder in Indian Country from on or about November 5, 2018. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is mandatory Life in prison, a $250,000 fine, a 5-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count II charges James with felony murder in Indian Country. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is mandatory Life in prison, a $250,000 fine, a 5-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count III charges James with kidnapping resulting in death. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is mandatory Life in prison or the death penalty, a $250,000 fine, a 5-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Count IV charges James with carjacking resulting in death. The maximum possible penalty if convicted is up to Life in prison or the death penalty, a $250,000 fine, a 5-year term of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment